We seek truth and justice for the many women and adopted adults, victims-survivors of institutional abuse, coerced adoption and human rights violations in NI.
At its meeting on Wednesday the Committee will receive oral briefings from the Truth Recovery Independent Panel and TEO officials on the PfG. The Committee will also receive legal advice and consider an SL1.
📅 Wednesday 3 June 2026
⏰2.00pm
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"My wife's 'unadoptable' baby was left to die at unmarried mothers' home" | @BBCNWT
Vindicating to help Stephen Hindley's quest for truth and justice in the name of his late wife Judith, whose life was marked by the horrors she endured at St Monica's.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78k…
Survivors of mother and baby homes are seeking answers from Edwin Poots after the speaker unilaterally blocked any consideration of an amendment to a redress and inquiry bill.
A woman who was given up for adoption and then had her own son taken away at three months said she was devastated by the decision made by Mr Poots around posthumous redress and is asking for him to reveal the reason.
Read more: tinyurl.com/de79uwyf
This shocking development raises questions about the entire process. Why was this amendment which the committee tabled having heard weeks of relevant evidence on this bill unilaterally dropped by the speaker?
Those who campaigned for over a decade left out at the stroke of a pen
This week the Committee will hold oral evidence sessions with the Department on the Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, ML and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill and Assembly Legal Services in closed session.
📅 Wednesday 25 March 2026
⏲️2.00pm
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For nearly two years, ITV News has been investigating the forced adoption scandal
Now, the government must issue a formal, unqualified apology to survivors of forced adoption who have "suffered for too long", a cross-party committee of MPs has said.
Watch Social Affairs Correspondent Sarah Corker's investigation here:
youtube.com/watch?v=UXW1UUO2…
Sir Keir Starmer has said his "instinct" is to issue a government apology for the state's role in the forced adoption scandal, in an exclusive interview with ITV News on Friday morning.
Social Affairs Correspondent @SarahCorkerNews and Senior Producer @LKilraine report
Survivors living with the 'devastating' medical implications of the DES drug scandal say they 'won't rest' until they get a public inquiry into how the cancer-linked drug was prescribed to pregnant women on the NHS for decades, writes Senior Social Affairs Producer @LKilraineitv.com/news/2026-03-07/des-…
A further 22 sets of infant remains have been recovered from the site of the former Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co Galway as excavation work continues there
rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/020…
We have included a number of amendments to the Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill, which are set out in a new report. Our Chair explains more about what this means. Read the report here: lk.nia.fyi/p71f
The Committee for the Executive Office will next meet on Wed 28 January at 2pm. The Committee will consider its Final Report on the Inquiry (M&B Institutions, ML&WH) and RS Bill. The Committee will also receive oral briefings from the overseas bureaus and the Equality Commission.
The Committee for the Executive Office will next meet on Monday 19 January at 10.00am. It will conduct further and final deliberations of the Inquiry (M&B Institutions, ML and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill.
Further information can be found below:
aims.niassembly.gov.uk/assem…
Thank you to everyone who took part in our recent Access to Records Survey. We’ve published 3 reports with key findings, data insights and detailed analysis.
📄 Read them here: independentpanel.truthrecove…
The Committee will next meet on Wednesday 3 December at 2.00pm and will hold a further Deliberation session in relation to the Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries & Workhouses) & Redress Scheme Bill.
📺Watch live on assembly.tv